[Bell Historians] Fw: Tim, your email has been hacked!

[Timothy Hurd]

Dear All

Profuse apologies for any spam you may have received from my @ymail.com email account in the past 24 hours or so. 

I have performed a complete system scan on my Mac laptop and have turned up zero infections, so can only assume problem has originated with Yahoo's ymail system or its local intermediary in New Zealand (@extra.co.nz). 

Basically, it appears the 'bug' (whatever it is) turned my @ymail address into a 'SpamBot' & likewise went on to infiltrate my alias email addresses & address books, jumping the Mac Firewall in the process [!]

I have changed access password & security questions as a first precaution, but please inform me immediately if you receive any more spam. In such case, I will simply cancel @ymail account.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you click on the highlighted (executable) URL address in the email shown below. 

Thanks for your understanding.

Timothy



On Sunday, 12 January 2014 5:29 AM, Carl S Zimmerman <csz_stl at swbell.net> wrote:
 
Tim, your email has been hacked.  I'm sure you did not intend to send the message below!

 
Carl 





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> From: Timothy Hurd <timothyhurd at ymail.com>
>To: frawggo <frawggo at hotmail.com>; bellhistorians <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>; Jeremy Cooke <jmcooke at woosh.co.nz>; schischkak <schischkak at npdc.govt.nz>; DMS1518 <DMS1518 at aol.com>; akc <akc at carillon.dk>; Rose Paikea <rosepaikea at hotmail.com>; Jason Hori <Jason.Hori at mch.govt.nz>; ledson <ledson at xtra.co.nz>; richard offen <richard.offen at iinet.net.au>; thoatran1904 <thoatran1904 at yahoo.com>; Toerisme <Toerisme at ieper.be> 
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